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Title: Sailing to Byzantium Title Record # 40973
Author: Robert Silverberg
Date: 1985-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1986ⓘTranslated by Karin Koch
 German Meerfahrt nach Byzanz
1986ⓘTranslated by Ingrid Herrmann
 German Meerfahrt nach Byzanz
1987 French Voile vers Byzance
1987ⓘTranslated by Sonja Lovasić
 Croatian Plovidba u Bizant
1992ⓘTranslated by Riccardo Valla
 Italian In rotta per Bisanzio
2003ⓘTranslated by Pierre-Paul Durastanti.
 French Voile vers Byzance
2004ⓘTranslated by Domingo Santos.
 Spanish Rumbo a Bizancio

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Win 1986 Nebula Novella
2 1986 Hugo Best Novella
2 1986 Locus Best Novella
Nomination 1986 SF Chronicle Novella

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1985 1985-02-00 ed. Shawna McCarthy Davis Publications   $2.00 196
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
 mag Hisaki Yasuda Checkmark
Sailing to Byzantium 1985-06-00 Robert Silverberg Underwood-Miller 0-88733-007-X $30.00 114
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 chap Ned Dameron Checkmark
Sailing to Byzantium 1985-06-00 Robert Silverberg Underwood-Miller 0-88733-008-8 $12.95 114
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 chap Ned Dameron  
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection 1986-04-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Bluejay Books 0-312-94487-X $10.95 624
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Thomas Kidd Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection 1986-04-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Bluejay Books 0-312-94486-1 $19.95 624
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Thomas Kidd Checkmark
The 1986 Annual World's Best SF 1986-06-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books (DAW Collectors #675) 0-88677-136-6 / UE2136 $3.50 303
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Vincent DiFate Checkmark
The 1986 Annual World's Best SF 1986-06-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books 0-88677-136-6 / UE2136 C$4.50 303
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Vincent DiFate Checkmark
World's Best SF 5 1986-07-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Bestseller #22092)		 3-404-22092-7 DM 8.80 397
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Tim White Checkmark
The 1986 Annual World's Best SF 1986-08-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books / SFBC 10047 $4.98 viii+
274
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Ron Walotsky Checkmark
Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #15 1986-08-00 ed. Terry Carr Tor 0-812-53267-8 $3.50 379
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Ron Walotsky Checkmark
Langsame Apokalypse 1986-09-00 ed. Wolfgang Jeschke Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4325) 3-453-31319-4 DM 12.80 443
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Mathias Waske Checkmark
Best SF of the Year 15 1986-10-00 ed. Terry Carr Gollancz 0-575-03912-4 £10.95 365
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth David Jackson Checkmark
Best SF of the Year 15 1986-10-00 ed. Terry Carr Gollancz 0-575-03913-2 £3.95 365
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth David Jackson Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction, Third Annual Collection 1986-11-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Bluejay Books / SFBC 10323 $9.98 626
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Tom Kidd Checkmark
Nebula Awards 21 1986-12-00 ed. George Zebrowski Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-665478-4 $8.95 xiii +
334
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Lanson Moles Checkmark
Nebula Awards 21 1987-01-00 ed. George Zebrowski Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-164928-6 $19.95 xiii +
333
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
Univers 1987 1987-03-19 ed. Pierre K. Rey J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #2165) 2-277-22165-1   376
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Oliviero Berni Checkmark
Sirius, #138 1987-11-05 ed.
Hrvoje Prćić?Hrvoje Prcic
 Vjesnik   1000 din. 132
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 mag
Tomislav Balažin?Tomislav Balazin
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Time Travelers: From Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine 1989-03-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Ace Books 0-441-80935-9 $3.95 275
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Colin Hay Checkmark
Sailing to Byzantium / Seven American Nights 1989-07-00 ed. Robert Silverberg, Gene Wolfe Tor (Tor Double #10) 0-812-50079-2 $3.50 99+
84
dos?Dos-a-dos or tete-beche formatted paperback books, such as Ace Doubles and Capra Press back-to-back books.
 anth Brian Waugh , Bryn Barnard Checkmark
Pluto in the Morning Light 1992-05-00 Robert Silverberg Grafton (The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg #1) 0-586-21369-4 £6.99 396
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll John Howe Checkmark
Millemondiestate 1992: 1 romanzo brevi e 18 racconti 1992-05-00 ed. Giuseppe Lippi Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (Millemondi #41)   9,000 Lit 398
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Marco Patrito  
The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume 1: Secret Sharers 1992-11-00 Robert Silverberg Bantam Spectra 0-553-37068-5 $12.50 xv+
546
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll A. I. R. Studio, Inc. Checkmark
The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume 1: Secret Sharers 1992-11-00 Robert Silverberg Bantam Spectra 0-553-08996-X $25.00 xv+
546
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll A. I. R. Studio, Inc. Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Modern Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1980s 1993-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Carroll & Graf 0-88184-959-6 $9.95 534
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Gerry Grace Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Modern Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1980s 1993-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Robinson 1-85487-181-1 £5.99 534
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Gerry Grace Checkmark
Nebula Award-Winning Novellas 1994-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-590-X $8.95 xiii+
590
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Digital Art Checkmark
Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction 1994-02-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press 0-312-10504-5 $27.95 xii+
657
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Kim Poor Checkmark
Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction 1994-02-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press / SFBC 02508 $14.98 xii+
657
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Kim Poor Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Contemporary SF Masters 1994-07-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Robinson 1-85487-297-4 £5.99 xii+
657
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Checkmark
Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction 1994-09-01 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press 0-312-11317-X $15.95 657
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Kim Poor  
Nebula Award-Winning Novellas 1996-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0296-9   xiii+
590
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Checkmark
Sailing to Byzantium 2000-09-00 Robert Silverberg ibooks 0-7434-0718-0 $14.00 viii+
419
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema Checkmark
Ikarus 2002 2002-00-00 ed. Wolfgang Jeschke Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #6390) 3-453-19669-4 €12.00 842
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Donato Checkmark
Voile vers Byzance 2003-04-00 Robert Silverberg Flammarion (Imagine) 2-08-068254-7 €25.00 755
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Pictor  
Science Fiction 2004-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh W. H. Smith 1-84529-107-7 £4.99 534
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Martin Buchan Checkmark
Sailing to Byzantium 2004-06-00 Robert Silverberg ibooks 0-7434-8711-7 $7.99 viii+
419
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema Checkmark
Phases of the Moon 2004-08-00 Robert Silverberg Subterranean Press 1-931081-99-9 $40.00 625
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Jim Burns Checkmark
Phases of the Moon 2004-08-00 Robert Silverberg Subterranean Press 1-931081-99-9 $150.00 625
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Jim Burns  
Phases of the Moon 2004-10-00 Robert Silverberg ibooks 0-7434-9801-1 $15.95 623
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Michael Whelan Checkmark
Rumbo a Bizancio / Bailando en el aire 2004-10-00 ed. Nancy Kress, Robert Silverberg Robel (El Doble de Ciencia Ficción #4) 84-96232-35-2 €10.00 224
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Nacho Reina  
Phases of the Moon 2004-11-01 Robert Silverberg ibooks 1-59687-057-5 $15.95 624
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll  
The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century 2005-01-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Harry Turtledove Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-46094-4 $17.95 xiii+
425+
[3]
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Checkmark
Voile vers Byzance 2005-12-00 Robert Silverberg J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #7845) 2-290-34865-1   955
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll  
The Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels 2007-02-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press 0-312-36341-9 $40.00 xi+
642
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
The Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels 2007-02-00 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin 1-4299-1606-0 $7.99  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth  
The Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels 2007-02-06 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Griffin 978-0-312-36342-0 $19.95 xi+
642
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Best Short SF Novels 2009-04-00 ed. Gardner Dozois Robinson 978-1-84529-923-1 £9.99 xii+
800
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Joe Roberts Checkmark
The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg Volume 1 Secret Sharers 2009-11-00 Robert Silverberg Spectra / Ballantine Books 978-0-307-57306-3 $21.25  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Checkmark
The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume Six: Multiples: 1983-87 2011-09-30 Robert Silverberg Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-402-7 $35.00 426
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume Six: Multiples: 1983-87 2011-09-30 Robert Silverberg Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-402-7 $65.00 426
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Multiples 2012-12-07 Robert Silverberg Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-10669-7 £4.99  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
The Best of Robert Silverberg: Stories of Six Decades 2012-12-31 Robert Silverberg Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-472-0 $24.95 722
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Jim Burns Checkmark
Sailing to Byzantium: Six Novellas 2013-05-14 Robert Silverberg Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-4804-1817-2 $22.99 560
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll  
Sailing to Byzantium: Six Novellas 2013-05-14 Robert Silverberg Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-4804-1815-8 $7.99  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
Sailing to Byzantium: Six Novellas 2013-05-14 Robert Silverberg Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-4804-1813-4 $7.99  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
Multiples: 1983-87 2013-06-06 Robert Silverberg Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-625-0 $18.95 432
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll  
Multiples 2013-06-16 Robert Silverberg Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-628-1 $2.99  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction 2014-10-28 ed. Gardner Dozois St. Martin's Press 978-1-4668-8447-2 $7.99  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Kim Poor  
Phases of the Moon 2015-02-27 Robert Silverberg Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-10661-1 £4.99  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
Time and Time Again 2018-11-06 Robert Silverberg Three Rooms Press 978-1-941110-72-0 $16.00 463
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
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Time and Time Again 2018-11-06 Robert Silverberg Three Rooms Press 978-1-941110-73-7 $9.99  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century date unknown ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Harry Turtledove Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-46094-4 $17.95 xii+
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425+
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tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth David Stevenson Checkmark
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